Agreed 4foxsake.

Regardless of new merchandise arrivals, the club shop in The Ridings is absolutely appalling. There is virtually nothing in it. Apart from the selling of season tickets the club must have made little or no money over the last month or so.
I suppose shopping is often about temptation and persuasion.... summat like :
'Can I have a season ticket please?'
'Yes, of course you can. And is there anything else we can interest you in ?'
'Er, no.'
'And why is that sir, are you sure?'
'Well, there's nowt ere!'

I know Leeds have so much more than us but when I went to xmas game last year the club shop had security on the door cos it was so busy and there was a huge range of merchandise. The Castleford club shop is also a very busy outlet as well.
Quite indicative as well that they have shops at their ground. I tell thee, it's surely not rocket science . At the moment , correct me if I'm wrong, the club has no CEO or general manager and no commercial/ sponsors/ promotions positions. Championship clubs have some if not all of these job roles.
And of course the club website at the moment offers little. Other club sites are vibrant, full of up to date info, and try hard to engage. Ours doesn't !!!

People wouldn't buy into the club because of the 'Wildcats' tag.
People wouldn't buy into the club because of the uncertainty over the ground.
The club has done as much as they can on both subjects but some fans still expect the club to spend beyond their means to get the easy come, easy go 'loyal' fans through the turnstiles.
If people expect CC to assemble a top 4 side with the money he has and fans will only buy into this when it happens, then we are forever going to have a catch 22 situation.
It took Cas to sell Clarke and a wise investment in players by Powell to start the ball rolling for them.
We don't need to sell our assets and the signings that CC has made are pretty shrewd.

I have actually mentioned before about the club to produce a mini seaasin ticket package om maybe 4-5 games to try to bring stay away fans back through the turnstiless and also new fans.

Other clubs have done this in the past and it has worked.

There will be quite a few fans who didnt renew their season ticket for 2016 following the bad 2015 season. I will hold my hand up I was one. However if they had done this I would have and would have got a second one too. The only home game I missed was Warrington in Super 8s.

Also, maybe if the club captured the postcode when you b.uy your season ticket and then use this to see if there are any trends as to where they are low. If theyre liw in one particular area then target that area to do a bit of marketing there

I think the idea of a 5 game ST is a great one especially as we only appear to have 5 home games on a Sunday and some people won't be able to make it on other days

I never got a key ring